Texas Rangers 6, Cleveland Indians 5 (Game 2)

Game Played on Sunday, August 13, 1978 (Day game) at Cleveland Stadium

Rangers      0  4  0    0  2  0    0  0  0  -   6 12  0
Indians      0  0  0    5  0  0    0  0  0  -   5 11  0


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Hargrove 1b           5   0   2   1     0   0   .261      Dade lf               1   0   1   2     2   0   .262
  Sundberg c          0   0   0   0     0   0   .302        Grubb pr,lf         2   0   1   0     0   0   .271
Wills 2b              4   1   2   0     0   0   .233      Veryzer ss            5   0   2   0     0   0   .289
  Bevacqua pr,2b      0   0   0   0     0   0   .220      Bell 3b               4   0   2   0     0   0   .302
Lowenstein 3b         4   1   0   0     0   1   .216      Thornton 1b           5   1   1   1     0   1   .275
Oliver lf             3   1   2   1     1   0   .326      Alexander dh          4   1   0   0     1   4   .227
Bonds rf              4   1   2   2     0   2   .274      Blanks 2b             3   1   1   0     1   0   .249
Beniquez cf           4   1   1   1     0   0   .265      Cox rf                3   0   1   0     0   1   .240
Gray dh               4   1   1   0     0   1   .256      Speed cf              1   1   0   0     1   1   .205
J. Ellis c            3   0   2   1     0   0   .209        Manning ph,cf       2   0   1   0     0   0   .262
  Jorgensen pr,1b     0   0   0   0     0   0   .122      Diaz c                3   1   1   2     0   0   .243
Mason ss              4   0   0   0     0   1   .228        Norris ph           0   0   0   0     1   0   .272
Mirabella p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Pruitt c            0   0   0   0     0   0   .241
  Comer p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Wise p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Barker p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Kern p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   6  12   6     1   5             Totals               33   5  11   5     6   7

Time of Game: 2:49   Attendance: 14,137
Left on Base: Rangers 4, Indians 9
DP: Rangers 3, Indians 2
Doubles: Dade (11)
Triples: Bonds (1)
Home Runs: Thornton (23)
Stolen Bases: Gray (1), Wills (38)
Caught Stealing: Oliver (6), Bevacqua (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Cox (8), Bell (5)
Sacrifice Flies: J. Ellis (3)
GIDP: Veryzer 2 (7)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Mirabella               3.2   5   5   5   4   3   1  18   6.75
Comer W(5-3)            4.1   6   0   0   2   3   0  20   2.14
Barker SV(2)            1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   3.70
Totals                  9    11   5   5   6   7   1  41

Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wise L(9-15)            8    12   6   6   1   5   0  35   3.61
Kern                    1     0   0   0   0   0   0   2   2.93
Totals                  9    12   6   6   1   5   0  37

Umpires: HP - Greg Kosc, 1B - Jerry Neudecker, 2B - George Maloney, 3B - Ted Hendry


RANGERS 1ST: Hargrove grounded out (second to first); Wills
flied out to right; Lowenstein flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 1ST: Dade walked; Veryzer grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Dade out at second]; Bell
singled to left; Thornton flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Rangers 0, Indians 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Oliver walked; Bonds tripled to right [Oliver
scored]; Beniquez singled to left [Bonds scored]; Gray singled
to center [Beniquez to third]; J. Ellis hit a sacrifice fly to
left [Beniquez scored]; Mason made an out to second; Gray stole
second; Hargrove singled to center [Gray scored]; Wills flied
out to right; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 4, Indians 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Alexander struck out; Blanks lined to second; Cox
singled to left; Speed struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 4, Indians 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Lowenstein grounded out (second to first); Oliver
singled; Bonds struck out; Oliver was caught stealing second
(catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 4, Indians 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Diaz flied out to right; Dade walked; Veryzer
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Dade
out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 4, Indians 0.

RANGERS 4TH: Beniquez grounded out (second to first); Gray
grounded out (first to pitcher); J. Ellis grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 4, Indians
0.

INDIANS 4TH: Bell grounded out (third to first); Thornton
homered; Alexander walked; Blanks singled to left [Alexander to
second]; Cox was called out on strikes; Speed walked [Alexander
to third, Blanks to second]; Diaz singled to center [Alexander
scored, Blanks scored, Speed to third]; COMER REPLACED MIRABELLA
(PITCHING); Dade doubled to center [Speed scored, Diaz scored];
GRUBB RAN FOR DADE; Veryzer singled to left [Grubb to third];
Bell forced Veryzer (shortstop to second); 5 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 Rangers 4, Indians 5.

RANGERS 5TH: GRUBB STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Mason flied out
to right; Hargrove singled; Wills singled to right [Hargrove to
third]; Wills stole second; Lowenstein reached on a fielder's
choice [Hargrove out at home (third to catcher), Wills to
third]; Oliver singled to right [Wills scored, Lowenstein to
third]; Bonds singled to right [Lowenstein scored, Oliver to
third]; Beniquez forced Bonds (shortstop to second); 2 R, 4 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 6, Indians 5.

INDIANS 5TH: Thornton grounded out (third to first); Alexander
was called out on strikes; Blanks grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 6, Indians 5.

RANGERS 6TH: Gray struck out; J. Ellis singled to left; Mason
struck out; Hargrove lined to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 6, Indians 5.

INDIANS 6TH: Cox lined to third; MANNING BATTED FOR SPEED;
Manning singled to left; Diaz popped to first in foul territory;
Grubb singled to right [Manning to third]; Veryzer forced Grubb
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 6, Indians
5.

RANGERS 7TH: MANNING STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); Wills singled
to right; BEVACQUA RAN FOR WILLS; Lowenstein struck out while
Bevacqua was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop);
Oliver flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 6,
Indians 5.

INDIANS 7TH: BEVACQUA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Bell singled
to third; Thornton struck out while Bell was picked off first
(catcher to first); Alexander was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 6, Indians 5.

RANGERS 8TH: Bonds struck out; Beniquez flied out to left; Gray
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 6,
Indians 5.

INDIANS 8TH: Blanks walked; Cox out on a sacrifice bunt (first
to second) [Blanks to second]; Manning grounded out (shortstop
to first); NORRIS BATTED FOR DIAZ; Norris walked; Grubb flied
out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 6, Indians 5.

RANGERS 9TH: PRUITT REPLACED NORRIS (PLAYING C ); J. Ellis
singled to right; JORGENSEN RAN FOR J. ELLIS; KERN REPLACED WISE
(PITCHING); On a bunt Mason hit into a double play (third to
first) [Jorgensen out at second]; Hargrove grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 6, Indians 5.

INDIANS 9TH: SUNDBERG REPLACED HARGROVE (PLAYING C ); JORGENSEN
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Veryzer singled to center; BARKER
REPLACED COMER (PITCHING); Bell out on a sacrifice bunt (first
to second) [Veryzer to second]; Thornton grounded out (third to
first); Alexander struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 6,
Indians 5.